Flying machine



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Patented Dec. 3, 1929 HERMAN 1I. D. KLINKER, 10F NEW YQEK, Y.

:mame Macmnn Application tiled April 28, i927, Serial No. 187,242, and ln April 191, 19%9c 'lhis invention relates to air ships and has i particular reference to air ships 0f the dirito render the machine both stable and re-- liable, wings being placed at the most favorable positions to correspond with the extreme length of the body. y@ Among the objects of the invention is to provide an air ship having high speed facilities as well as safety; for traveling upon the water if necessary/.as Well as upon the land; to adord special compartments for pasya sengerabaggage, freight, and all supplies, and to have self-contained facilities both for power and operating purposes, as well as to provide utmost comfort.

d further object of the invention is to ao provide improved means for rising directly upward from the ground orwater or for descendinp' directly downward under perfect control. llith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement andV combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the enact details of construction disclosed or suggested hereinF so still for the purpose of illustratingv a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying" drawings inV which like reference characters designate the same 'parts in the several views, and'in winch- Figure l is a partial side elevation and a partial section..

llipg'.. il is a plan view.

tl is a front elevation. Fig; d is a vertical sectional view of the ao' helicopter mechanism.

i is a cross section of the helicopter shalt mechanism.

lilas. d 'h and d are transversesections on the corresponding linesl of llig'.. l..V

ll is a horiaontal section..

blip. lll is a plan viewof the improved helin capter..

lhe body 'lll comprises three stories, each divided into any desired number or arrangellll ment of compartments. ld indicates a pri.n

Germany January- 24, 1912i. Renewed mary engine and l5 a dynamo. 1li is a. storage battery and l? are containers for gasoline conveyed forward thronghfpipes 18. Some of the compartments are made air or gas tight for buoyancy purposes.

ln front of the second story is the entrance compartment 19 and nent to it the passenger compartment 20. The foremost compartment 22 of the uppermost story contains the controlling mechanism such as a Wheel, compass, levers, including a verticalshaft 26. Bach of the pilot house is a compartment 2l' sub-di vided for holding helium, hydrogen, or other like gas. For landing and transportation on the ground l provide aplurality ofpontoons @5 33 which according to Figs. 1 and 3 are ar ranged in two pairs, onein front of the other. The specific descriptionof these features is set forth in Letters Patentof the United States No. 1,618,441, issuedto me onliebrnary flnd.,u m 1927. For the purpose of .the present descrip tion it will suice to point ont that each pontoon is equipped with an endless shoe'or tire 37 having direct contact with thel earth in the place of wheels. Ilfhe pontoons are sospended beneath the body by means of hangers d0 arranged in pairs each pairs of linlrs d2 pivoted to brackets connected tothe body. "Severalpairs of dd are coiniectu ed to the pontoonsalong with piangere dl". Extending upward from the body are several helicopters preferably formed as shown in Figs. l 4:.) each having a composite shaft 50 comprising a multiplicity of sleeves or shafds nested within one another..n To theA a ,upper end of each is pivoted a bladelll adapted to swing downward by graan@ when the shafd; speed is reduced but it will swingu outward to llorinontal limited position when the shaft speeds np. Une-half of these blades are driven in one directdon by a motor and gears and the alternate blades are in the opposite direction by another motor For traction ll employ propellers till the front each on a horizontal shadt lil-'operu M ated by a motor Y across the front are three 'liftn ing or susp endingm planes 513@I ilI lid ab ont 2li() feet langt` braced at lid. These planes are hollow and charged with buoyant ln dll ternal braces or partitions 60 are provided for rigidity. At the top are warping planes 62 movablearound horizontal axes 63 and controlled by lines 64 leading to the pilot.

house. For lateral steering I provide a rudder 65 hinged around a vertical axis 66 and actuated by lines 67 below which is a hydrorudder 68. Additional controlling planes 69 tiltabley around horizontal axes 70 connected lo by miter gears 71 and 72 are provided at the upper end of the shaft 26. Spaced rearward three or four hundred feet from the front planes are additional lifting planes 73 and 74 extending laterally from the body a -15. shorter distance thanthe front planes. These may Y be constructed hollow and internally braced the same as the others. Pontoons 7 5 'are attached to the outer ends of the planes 58. The front edge of each plane is re-enforced or stilened by a sheet metal strip-7 6. The materials Will be selected to be most suit,- able for the purposeand the metals will be so far as possible of aluminum, illium, or its equivalent. The interior fittings will be of I' 2 5 the lightest materials possible such as wood or the equivalent. `The ship is lighted throughout by electricity derived from the dynamo and at 77 is equipment for wireless or other expedients. Provision is made for the taking of ymotion pictures with the least possible obstructions and at 78 is a search `light. Extending along the sides or passage ways are corridors 79 and promenades 80 with safety railsSl. 82 shows the masters cabin, 83 the mates, and 84 are Staterooms or v the like. At the front is a'dining room 86, and at the rear I show a gymnasium 88, and any other arrangement of chambers or rooms maybe provided as comfort or necessity may dictate.

Extending vertically through the central part of the ship are aplurality octubular air passages 89 each equipped with lrotary fans 90 to assist in the elevation of the ship due to the downward blast therethrough.

I claim': Y A n air-ship having a body with an air passage extending 'vertically therethrough, a propeller in the air passage for forcing cur- 5o rents of air downward therethrough, and an outer propeller above the said body, said outer propeller having a vertical axis and bein disposed adjacent to vsaid air-passage, the ladesl of the outer propeller being pivoled to gravitate into vertical position when In testimony whereof I aix my signan ture.

HERMAN vH. D. mLINKER. 

